Sujet

Proclamation of the Successful Candidates for the Department of the Seine..., Paris, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Proclamation of the Successful Candidates for the Department of the Seine, at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1850. '...six Mayors, half of Paris, and half of the banlieu, appeared on the perron, or flight of steps, of the Hotel de Ville...M. Monin, Mayor of the sixth arrondissement...read...the names of the successful candidates...[Carnot, Vidal and De Flotte]. After reading this list he cried out "Vive la Republique!" and waved his hat as a signal to tne people to respond to the cry, which the greater part did...The people who were present in the square in front of the Hotel de Ville were, at the utmost, about 800...during the ceremony nothing occurred to disturb public order'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_188

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,8Mo (5,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 31,5cm / 4960 x 3718 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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